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The Return of Sherlock Holmes

By Arthur Conan Doyle
Series: Oxford World's Classics
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes collects thirteen thrilling tales in which Arthur Conan Doyle revives his legendary detective after his apparent demise. Set after Holmes' supposed death in 'The Final Problem', these stories continue to showcase his brilliant intellect and masterful detective work, much to the delight of his devoted readership.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This collection is perfect for fans of classic crime fiction, detective stories, and those eager to rediscover one of literature's most iconic sleuths. It appeals particularly to readers who appreciate Victorian-era mysteries and sharp, clever storytelling.

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Arthur Conan Doyle famously killed off Sherlock Holmes in 1893. While the outcry that supposedly followed was mostly apocryphal, Doyle was tempted to return to Holmes in 1901-2 with The Hound of the Baskervilles, the success of which led to a more permanent revival. The thirteen tales that followed make up this volume.

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Arthur Conan Doyle famously killed off Sherlock Holmes in 1893, in the short story 'The Final Problem', but was tempted to bring him back to life ten years later, in the thirteen tales that comprise The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

While the outcry that supposedly followed Holmes' death was mostly apocryphal (the claim that readers wore black armbands in mourning has been frequently cited but never actually proved), by 1893 there was a substantial readership for Holmes' two series of adventures published in the Strand Magazine and two earlier novels. Doyle returned to Holmes in 1901-2 with The Hound of the Baskervilles, a novel set before the events of 'The Final Problem'; the commercial success of the serialisation in the Strand led Doyle to consider reviving the Holmes stories on a longer-term basis.

Accordingly, in 1903 Doyle was contracted by the American magazine Collier's Weekly to supply six more Holmes stories; the agreement was extended to six more, with a final extension for a thirteenth story ('The Second Stain') that Doyle (mistakenly) believed to be the closing episode of the Holmes adventures. These thirteen tales make up this volume.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780198856702

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 March 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Oxford University Press

Contributors:

  • General editor Darryl Jones
  • Edited by Christopher Pittard
  • General editor Darryl Jones

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 318g

Pages: 368

Collections

Arthur Conan Doyle Biography & Memoir Classic Fiction Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Historical Crime & Mystery Historical Fiction Series: Oxford World's Classics

About the Author

Christopher Pittard (Editor) is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Portsmouth and author of Purity and Contamination in Late Victorian Detective Fiction (2011), and The Cambridge Companion to Sherlock Holmes (2019). Darryl Jones (General Editor) is Professor of English at Trinity College Dublin, where he teaches nineteenth-century literature and popular fiction. He is the author or editor of ten books, including the Oxford World's Classics editions of M. R. James's Collected Ghost Stories (2013), Arthur Conan Doyle's Gothic Tales (2018), and H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds (2017) and The Island of Doctor Moreau (2017), as well as Horror: A Very Short Introduction (2021).

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